It seems I keep hearing from more and more APBA fans from Wisconsin. Tom Kohn writes in from Appleton, Wisconsin about his league called the Hog Dog Brandt Memorial Baseball League. The Hog Doggers use the Master Game which I think is starting to make a slight comeback in the…
When I first saw this 1984 Jose Oquendo card, the snarky voice inside my head said, “but wait, he only plays one position”. This Oquendo card looks a little weak at first glance but factor in the speed numbers and it’s not too terrible. Add in his pretty good defense,…
Just look at this card. Even one look at it and you can tell it’s a Terrible Tuesday card. Look out or I’ll continue using this awful pun! This is Dean Look from the 1961 White Sox. I ran across him as I took over the Sox in my BBW…
During the recent Chicagoland Tournament, I went poking around in Pastor Rich’s box of APBA cards and dug this one up. It’s a winner. Harry “Slug” Heilmann’s card from 1923 is one of the best. Heilmann managed to slug .632 (the stats differ depending on the source) for the Detroit…
This is a first. In my day we had church softball leagues and church volleyball leagues. Matt Waterstone wrote me about his church-based APBA baseball league. The First Reformed Church in South Holland, Illinois has a league which has been around off and on since 1981. Matt says it is…
So what did you all get during the APBA Company’s Black Friday Sale? Tom Zuppa has a running thread on Facebook with quite a lot of responses already. Me? I was with family over the holiday. While my wife and daughter were shopping at the brick-and-mortar stores, I simply used…
I want to wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving this year. This blog has done a lot to bring me closer to people who enjoy the game of APBA and share the love of sports and its history. Not only that, you have all broadened my scope of how…
John Brandeberry sent me the standings for the 1938 replay he’s currently doing. It looks like both New York teams are doing quite well. American League National League Hang tough, Cubbies! Sounds like Brando might make the trip back to Illinois from Montana for our Illowa APBA League draft weekend…
If you are looking to purchase any APBA products, this Friday would be the time to do it. The APBA Game Company is offering a Black Friday Deal. All products are 25% off. According to their latest newsletter: Place an online order on any in-stock product this Friday, November 28th…
Even before Jeff Kunkel came up in 1984, he was going to be the player the Rangers were going to build their franchise around. So much so that he was drafted highly in the Illowa APBA League rookie draft…fortunately not by me. Alas despite the media hype, Kunkel was pretty…